Why the CIA Tweeted in Russian Thursday
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Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Central Intelligence Agency sent out a tweet Thursday that was written in Russian, but rest assured, the nation’s top spy agency wasn’t hacked.
Я писал роман для того, чтобы он был издан и прочитан и это остаётся единственным моим желанием -Пастернак
— CIA (@CIA) January 15, 2015
The tweet above is a quote from Russian novelist Boris Pasternak, who wrote Doctor Zhivago.
“I wrote the novel in order for it to be published and read, and it remains my only desire,” the quote translates in English.
It seems the CIA was having a “Throwback Thursday” moment with the quote and, in subsequent tweets, explained the story of how the agency helped smuggle books, including Doctor Zhivago, into the Soviet Bloc.
Doctor #Zhivago was censored in the USSR as it was anti-Soviet. http://t.co/H53Izrp019 (58KB PDF)
— CIA (@CIA) January 15, 2015
Eventually, 1000s were distributed throughout the Soviet Bloc. #Zhivago http://t.co/a5O73oqFEH (161KB PDF) pic.twitter.com/2mvVwdFUUX
— CIA (@CIA) January 15, 2015
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